Deductive reasoning and social anxiety: Evidence for a fear-confirming belief bias

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 633-644

  Vroling, Maartje S ^a   De Jong, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Belief bias; Cognitive bias; Dysfunctional cognition; Fear of negative evaluation; Social anxiety disorder; Syllogistic reasoning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 70449529860     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-008-9220-z     Document Type: Article

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